H0441B

אַלּוּף

al.luphH:N-M

chief

The KJV translates H0441 in the following manner:

duke (70x), dukes (28x), Duke (16x), guide (8x), friends (4x), governors (4x), captains (2x), governor (2x), ox (2x), oxen (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. אַלּוּף adjective tame — ׳א absolute Mic 7:5 +; construct Prov 2:17 +; suffix אַלּוּפֵי Ps 55:14 plural אַלֻּפִים Jer 13:21 suffix אַלֻּפֵינוּ Ps 144:14, etc.; —

1. tame, docile, כֶּבֶשׂ אַלּוּף a docile (gentle) lamb Jer 11:19.

2. noun masculine friend, intimate Ps 55:14 (|| מְיֻדָּע) Mic 7:5 (|| רֵעַ) Prov 16:28; Prov 17:9; Jer 13:21 of a woman's husband נְעוּרֶיהָ ׳א Prov 2:17 figurative of ׳י as husband of Judah, id., Jer 3:4.

3. i. q. I. אֶלֶף; אַלּוּפֵינוּ מְסֻבָּלִים Ps 144:14 (i.e. cows).

II. אַלּוּף noun masculine^{1Chr 1:51} chief, chiliarch (denominative from II. אֶלֶף see Di Gen 36:15) — ׳א absolute Gen 36:15 +; plural construct אַלּוּפֵי (אַלֻּפֵי) Exod 15:15 +; suffix אַלּוּפֵיהֶם Gen 36:19; Gen 36:30 — chief (tribal) of Edom Gen 36:15 (5 t.) + 38 t. Gen 36 (P); Exod 15:15 (E) 1Chr 1:51 (4 t.) + 9 t.; of Judah Zech 12:5; Zech 12:6 so אַלֻּף Zech 9:7 (in simile)

20 occurrences

Genesis (12), Exodus (1), I Chronicles (4), Zechariah (3)